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China Toughens Stance
On Workplace Safety

By

Mei Fong

Updated Jan. 24, 2008 12:01 a.m. ET

BEIJING -- Chinese officials announced a crackdown on workplace accidents, even as officials maintain there have been no major accidents at Olympic sites.

Tuesday, the government announced it had meted out punishments, ranging from demotions to life imprisonment, to 183 people responsible for five major accidents in coal mines and construction sites around China, according to the state-owned Xinhua News.